Motor stand



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- M. TAIGMAN MOTOR STAND 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 9, 1923 y possible so l the strain of-.its

MAX TAIGMAN, or NEW Yeni/, u. Y.'

i. MOTOR STAND. l

` Application ined February e, 1923. semi N. 617,964.

The invention relates in general to an elec-V tric motor driving unit for installation on sewing.Y machines unit usually includes an electric motor, a starting bonvftherefory and a mounting for `the same `which cured in*l `adjusted position to the machine standards or other upright by means eta bracket. The invention herein disclosed spe-v I cifically relates to an improvedk form` of such mounting means and bracket for supporting the base plate,l

It isl required in the commercial production ofmountings of the type herein disclosed that the parts be made as light as as vto econoinizein cost duction, but atthe same time it is required that the mountings possess suiiieient rigidity 'togwithstand strains incidentalvto the use of arelatively heavy motor andstarter boi:` mounted thereon or suspended therefrom. In similar constructions new knowinit has been possible tosupport the IIlOlC/r mounting pla-te at two or more points, one. of which is-` usually the Vchannelled 'shaped upright iviich supports the'work table carrying the sewing machineg( In some-constructions of Work table frames, itis not; convenient to provide for thisl plurality of supports for the mounting plateand usually the channel shaped upright lprovides Vavailable place from which tosupportfthe motor yin the available yspaceV therefore beneath theworlc table.

Takingfinto consideration the peculiar limitations presented to. any freedom of choice in mountincv the unit, the object ofvthelpresent disclosure is to ,pro-

' vide a simplified. form of motor support de'- .signed to securely locate'themotor, and itsv starting box, in the; available space adjacent .to vthe channelled j shaped :upright constituting part of a present form of table frame and to vsupportthe motor in such Way that Weight is distributed to oid distortionalstresses, to minimize the Yt insfcrence ofvibration from the motor to l .the table frameand'to :attainthese results jvith the useoffarelatively smalll'amount of material.. At the same time itis intended to provide a standard form 'of g which caribe readily adjusted'to accommo :date motors of differentsizefa-nd shape and Whichivill facilitate readylocating of p 'the motor With relation tothe and thelike, and Whichv comprises a base plate se?V particularly to the.

of pro- Y v in the practicallyl the only f ya. preferred vprimary f mounting` i application to machine.; @on

I' l TUNI- Smrasf l .thetable top which y,machine thefinotoris intended to drive.

- Specically the invention o' one-piece bracket `which'will :constitute thesole support for the base plate,.\vliich V.ix-'hen securedI tothe channel shaped upright toy reinforce the bject fof the ,invention is Yto provide a-support.`for themo'tor and yitsv starting box which may be disposed in such relaticntc theassembledv bracletzand plate ,that the strains thereon will be b Y in thisway permit thjefutilizationfof 'all of the material ask al strain resistant element. lvv Various other objects and advantages of.

features a form y will be characterized by extreme rigidity# other.`

alanced and theinrention will be in part obvious from an inspection of the accompanyingdrawings and in part Willbe more `-fully set forth v following' particulardescription ot' one form of also fconsists in 'certain new and novel features of construction and combination ofv parts hereinafter set forth and claimed. v. Y. f v

AIn the accompanying drawings: `Figurel isa vielW kin frontelevation embodiment of the invention' mounted in position on theframeof a:V Work table a part of which is shown in the draw-` V Figure-2 isa:k uponY the.VV construction shownin Figure l, With the table frame `shown in sectionand with the motor` shown in dotted outline.'

Figure 3V is an elevationalfviewlooking at the partshown per side thereof as indicated by the' arrovv i'iumberedf'; and` Y V- ,f li .l i Figure lis a' plan. vieu7 of the underside the structure shown in the preceding ures `with the starter l upright shown in cross sect-ion.H 2

fIn thefollowing description land tin they claims, parts ivill 'beidentifiedgbylspecific' names for convenience ofexpression` butl theyareintended to be'as genericin ftheir permit., f In thefdrawings there is shown awork mechanism` embodying my inf" YincFigureZ from the .upv box, removed and the similar parts'as they-:art ivill I I bracket-'tothe left or to :trough portions 12 (or table supported from a frame, one of the uprights'll of which is shown to be o f conventionalrhaniielshaped form and in the .13) of whichis de signed to be mounted a bracket 14 depending upon whether it is desired to extend the the right of the upright.` The bracket 14 is a single, one-piece tion provides V vzontally Vdisposed extension 18A practically relatively heavy castingl wA vertically disposed pedestal piece 15 having a' configuration to fit witliinthe trough of the Y upright and 16 passing through in the form of a Maltese cross and one arm of vweb 17. 1

which is in the' form of along ilat bar 19 eX-j tending at rightfa'ngles to' The oppositely disposedy arms 19 andv 20 ofthe cross are provided with screw holes l21 -and22` to accommodate bolts 23 Vand 24 foi-securing the base plate 25 hereinafter more' fully'described. A slot 26 is formed between the pedestal piece and the adjacent bracket arm 27 "which slot is designed to-receive'zthe adjacent flange 2S of the channel shaped upright and in this way any tendencyof the bracket to turnon the upright is resisted by the engagement of the vhorizontal extension or of the pedestal'piece with the flange .depending upon'the direci which coact to provide a outwardlyA projecting the direction ofi the length tion in zwhich the the upright and bracket manifests its tendpending webs 30 which gives this portion of vthe bracketl a form T-shaped in cross` section extending in the direction'of the web 17 of the upright.

' The base plate 25 is made as thin as ispossible and at'the same' time to prevent any tendency to distort underftheweightpof the motor and its starting box,thekv plate is pro' vided'on its underside with a pair of parflanges31 and 32 guide-way in which flat bar 19 of the allelly extending Vguiding is positioned the long bracket when the plate is` disposed in position resting on the bracket. The plate is provided on oppositefsides with a pair of slotted extensions 33 and 34 which receive the bolts y23 and 24. It is understood that'by this construction the bolts can be loosened, the .plate adjusted in ofthe fiat bar after which the bolts may be tightened iii position, thus? securing the lplate vto the A bracket sothat thereafter they will act practically. as one piece. Thejflat bar of the liich includes a v screw holes the plane -of the relative movement between The arm 27 and its oppo j sitely disposed arm 29 are provided 'with de-` bracket acts asa deep* rigid web for reinforcing the center of thel plate below they j motor.

The plate is provided with a plurality of T-slorts spaced apart'at opposite sides of the flat bar 19 and through which are passed the bolts 36 for securing the motor 37 in position approximately centered on top of the plate 25. vThe platelis also provic ed with 37 which receive the bolts 38 from `which is suspended the startingbox 39 for controlling the motor. I

The plate 25 also rcontains slot 40 for mounting the brake and control lever mechanism'. 'liismechanism includes anv elongated a bracket arm 41 secured to the slot 4()v by theV Y bolt and' slot connection contains at its free end a sleeve 43 iii which is 42 andfwhich bracket j adjustably --positioned a brake supporting rod 44 secured jam nut 45. The rod 44 has pivoted thereto the brakelever 46 at one end of whichis secured 'the brake 47 for engagiiigthe pulley 48 of the motor 37.' lever '4G is provided lower end ofwlii'ch is pivoted a'control le'- k vver 50 for controllingthe speed of the motor by shiftingy across contacts in the starter box 39. The opposite end of the lever Y5O'is provided with ya. treadle rod 51 leading tok the vfoot treadle as is usualin'constructionsY of .this character. j

In' operation'y itwill beV understood that the bracket with-lits plate in position thereon is equipped with the proper sizeof motor and 'its starting form of i brake and Vcontrol mechanism'.

The unit thus assembledl is carried to the.`

Vstandon which it is intended to be mounted and the chaiinelupright drilled if necessary to provide the hole for the securing bolt 16. In mounting the units atthe factory eXtreme care is exercised to position the motor and its starting box in balanced positionrela'tive to the flat bar on the bracket and tliis'preset position is maintained in so far as is possible. However, it frequently occurs that the osition'of the sewing machine on top of the table necessitates some slight readjustment of the preset arrangementr ofthe parts but any such readjustinent is maintained'to its Vleast possibile displacement from the preset arrangement. f

` By means of a it is possible and controller in position by means of a.

The opposite endofthe with a link'49 to thel box'aiid with the proper lQO i device of the class outlined v to support the f heavy motorV box usual in .suoliv constructions from the single channelled uprightof the table frame. lAll necessary adjustment is provided and the parts while featuring vibration due to the action 'of the'ofl'set "13 motor.

lightness in weighthave their metal so dis- .125

posed that l AThe motor is disposed in the available space beneath the table,.near but offset from' the supporting upright and in properv position relative to the operator. i All parts are readily accessible for adjustnient, if such adjustment becoinesnecessary due to the wear of the be readily replaced t part without necessity ofV disorganizing any more of the structure tlian'is necessary'to electtlie replacement. A

Having thus described my invention, I'

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l. In 'an electric motor supporting unit,

the combination of two elements, one ele-A fment constituting a bracket provided with aA vertically extendingy pedestal piece adapted tolit in the trough of -a channel shaped upright and a horizontally extending plate support including a long flat bar, oli'set from said piece, said pedestal piece and saidl` plate support coacting to provide a slot rtherebetween for receiving one of the flanges of. the upright and adapted to coact therewith to minimize the tendency of the bracket to turn on the supporting upright, a mechanisin supporting plate positioned on said brakes or other parts, and either the niotor or its starting box can with another similar support, adjustable in the direction of'V the andprovided 'on its unlengtli of said bar derside and adjacent its center with a pair of guides Afor receiving r therebetween the long bai', supporting the plate adjacent the` center thereof, said plate provided site sides oic the bar with ineansor thereto a iiiotor and its starting on' oppobox,` and means for securing the plate to the bracket in adjusted position relative tothe Vupright thereby to locate the inotor andthe starting l box in set position relative to the upright.

2. In a device of the' class described, the supporting the saine, said bracketincludi'ng a vertically disposed horizontally disposed said extension coactingto forni a slot-therebetween adapted n cha-nnelshaped supporting upright.

Signed yat New VYork city, the countyV N ew York, this-A of New York andState kof 4th day of February, A. D. `1923.` v v a MAXTAIGMAN. I

securingv to' receive. a iiange of av combination of a base plate, a bracket for 

